Phase 2 and My New Plan

So, I haven't blogged in a while and I haven't worked out since my last recovery day which was 2 weeks ago. Instead of starting over at phase 1, I am going to continue on to phase 2 and pretend that I'm right on schedule, but instead of using 90 days it will be about 120 days. The next month is a pretty busy one, so i am going to have to schedule my workouts around vacations and miscellaneous trips. Here is the idea:

This week is week 5, the first week of phase 2. I will do phase 2 for the next 4 1/2 weeks until I leave for Utah. There will also be one week during those 4 1/2 weeks when I will be on the high adventure. That in fact begins next Monday. We leave late enough on Monday that I will be able to fit in a workout on Monday and then we get back early enough on Friday that I can fit in a workout on Friday. During the week, I will go running and since we are constantly on the move doing hikes, swimming, biking, etc. I think that week will be pretty well covered for workouts. I will also do Wednesday's lifting workout (which I will inevitably miss) on the Saturday after I get back, that way I will only miss out on yoga and Plyo. I'll be in Utah and on the Oregon coast for a span of 11 days. That will be my recovery week. Once I get back from the coast, I will begin phase 3 - the final phase in P90X. I shouldn't have any interruptions those last 30 days, and my plan for now is to prolong phase 3 by one week to make up for the last 2 weeks of inactivity.

So by adding a week onto each of the next two phases, I feel justified in not starting over from scratch at this point. While I'm in Utah and on the Oregon Coast, I will do my best to do all of the recovery workouts, but I'm sure I will have to modify a few of the routines to fit the circumstances.

Although I didn't finish my phase 1 blog, I did finish the end of the reocvery week. The following week came around and Christine was out of town and I just didn't get to phase 2. The next week came and P90X was the last thing on my mind, so I skipped last week as well. But here's to a new beginning!